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Comment by DR.MOHAN SHARMA on December 26, 2013 at 5:27pm

Chilean 20-year-old woman Yaritza Oliva has been diagnosed with horrific and very rare medical condition, haemolacria, after she started having blood drip out of her eyes

Those who suffer from haemolacria often have other ailments as well. Earlier this year, a Canadian man began to cry blood and doctors discovered he had been the victim of a venomous snake bite.

At first, doctors believed Yaritza had conjunctivitis or a simple eye infection, but then they were able to rule those out.

It's not known exactly what causes haemolacria and there is very little modern medical science can do about the rare condition, which was first identified in the 1970s.

Olivia was given eye drops which she uses several times a day when her tear ducts open up and blood trickles down her face. Oliva began shedding tears of blood earlier this month and called the pain was "indescribable."

Now, doctors are confident the 20-year-old woman from Purrante, Chile, suffers from a rare ailment called haemolacria, which is extremely painful.

Comment by sai krishna nallappa on December 25, 2013 at 9:42pm

sir whats her problem

Comment by Chetan B on December 11, 2013 at 12:57pm

Oh God. Still she is suffering from it. I watched a program about her in NGC two years back.